The health care dilemma

But you still have to wonder. A solid 60 percent want legislation that would prevent an insurance company from denying coverage, as this legislation would do. Only 15 percent think our current system is sound. Despite the avalanche of bad press and misleading advertising, less than a majority opposed mandatory health insurance coverage. Opposition to a government-run health program was only 54 percent. I wonder what the number would have been had they asked support for a public option or government-run program like Medicare.

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In which I fix an overlooked speaker in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's coverage of the observance of the 60th anniversary of Central High School desegregation

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